Trial for man accused in sleep-aid case expected this summer

A man accused of raping a woman last year after she had taken a powerful sleeping aid was on a list of cases scheduled to go to trial today, but his trial will not likely run until later this summer.

Yehisson Acevedo was arrested July 22 on multiple charges, including sexual battery and burglary with assault. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Court records showed his trial could have started today before Orange Circuit Judge Marc Lubet. But now a pre-trial conference has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. July 29. And a new trial date has been set for the August 23 trial period, according to Orange County Clerk of Courts records.

Acevedo is accused of raping a woman who told Orlando police that she drank a bottle of wine and took two tablets of zolpidem, a generic brand of Ambien, to help her sleep.

At some point, she went to a nearby 7-Eleven to buy cigarettes. That's where authorities said Acevedo met her. They eventually returned to her apartment, officials said.

When she awoke, she discovered some of her property, including iPod and computer, were missing.

Her iPod had been pawned at a pawn shop near Acevedo's home. Surveillance video from the 7-Eleven shows Acevedo with the victim, officials said.